- Murmu also inaugurates or laid foundation stones of various projects related to education and tribal development which included Sainik School, tribal hostels and schools in remote areas of the state.
- India’s rank in Global Innovation Index has improved: President Murmu
- The school drop-out rate in the state has come down from 22 percent to 1.37 percent in the last two decades
NE EDUCATION BUREAU
AHMEDABAD, OCT 4
President Droupadi Murmu launched ‘herSTART’ – a start-up platform of Gujarat University in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. She also inaugurated/laid the foundation stone virtually from Gujarat University for various projects of the government of Gujarat related to education and tribal development.
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The President said, “It is natural for an institution which has alumni like Dr Vikram Sarabhai, to be a pioneer in science, research and innovation. There are more than 450 start-ups working in the campus of Gujarat University. And more than 125 women-led start-ups are being actively supported by this university. Also around 15,000 women entrepreneurs are associated online or offline with this initiative.”
She said that she was happy to inaugurate a start-up platform dedicated to women entrepreneurs in such a start-up friendly university. She expressed confidence that this platform will not only boost innovation and start-up efforts of women entrepreneurs but also prove to be an effective platform in connecting women entrepreneurs with various government and private enterprises.
President Droupadi Murmu launched 'herSTART' – a start-up platform of Gujarat University for women entrepreneurs. She laid foundation stone for a school for tribal children and inaugurated several educational facilities for girls, tribal children & others.https://t.co/8I4QSr1KNB pic.twitter.com/FORpkJDZSX
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) October 4, 2022
Speaking on the occasion, the President said that it is a matter of pride for Gujarat University that not only Prime Minister, Narendra Modi but also the father of India’s space program, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai; former chairman of ISRO, Dr K Kasturirangan; and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are alumni of this university.
માન.રાષ્ટ્રપતિશ્રી દ્રૌપદી મુર્મુજીએ માન.રાજ્યપાલશ્રી આચાર્ય દેવવ્રત, મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલ, મંત્રીશ્રીઓ તથા અન્ય મહાનુભાવોની હાજરીમાં આજે ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી દ્વારા તૈયાર કરાયેલ સ્ટાર્ટ-અપ ક્ષેત્રે રૂચિ ધરાવતી મહિલાઓ માટેનું #HerSTART ડિજિટલ પ્લેટફોર્મ લોન્ચ કર્યું હતું. pic.twitter.com/fho4ZOdrvn
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The President said that she was also happy to inaugurate projects like Sainik School, Girls Literacy Residential School and Eklavya Model Residential School related to education, especially girls and tribal education in Gujarat. Because the foundation stone for further strengthening India’s position in science, research and innovation will be built through school education.
The President said that Gujarat has made remarkable progress in the field of education among other sectors. The school drop-out rate in the state has come down from 22 percent to 1.37 percent in the last two decades. The teacher-student ratio has also improved from 40 to 26. Today, through ‘Vidya Samiksha Kendra’, real-time monitoring of students and teachers is being done in about 55,000 schools, which is resulting in an increase in the learning outcome of the students. She noted that under the ‘Mission School of Excellence’, a target has been set to upgrade the infrastructure of about 20,000 schools in the state in the next five years.
The President noted that Gujarat has also made significant progress in the field of higher education. While the number of colleges in the state was 775 in 2001-02, in 2020-21 this number increased to more than 3,100. India’s first education quality and monitoring cell, ‘Garima Cell’ has been established in this state for evaluation of higher education. She said that with the effective implementation of ‘Van Bandhu-Kalyan Yojana’, there has been a significant increase in the literacy rate in the tribal society. This scheme has also improved the school dropout rate among tribal students.
The President also extolled Gujarat, saying it has developed significantly in the last two decades.
“The state has its own model of development. Other states also have their own development models. I am hopeful that India will emerge as a developed country in this `amritkal’ (from 75th year of independence to 100 years of independence),” she said.
India’s rank in Global Innovation Index has improved: Prez Murmu
India’s rank in the Global Innovation Index has risen from 81st to 40th, the President said here on Tuesday.
“Recently, in the Global Innovation Index 2022, India which was at 81st position earlier has come up to the 40th position,” she further said, underlining the importance of start-ups.
Start-ups will help create new jobs too, she added.
India was ranked 81st in the 2015 Global Innovation Index. Its rank improved to 40th in the latest rankings.
